The Piker Press publishes “Memoir (Poem for Bill)”

This is about an old grad school classmate/writer friend back in Long Beach years ago. Many thanks to the kind editors at The Piker Press for running this poem, simply titled "Memoir (Poem for Bill)." It's weird how and when we remember certain things... There's now a little section where you can see my bio …

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Scott Holstad talks 1990s Long Beach/L.A. & reads 4 poems featured in The Long Beach Union

US Review of Books: RECOMMENDED REVIEW of Scott C. Holstad's Surviving Immortality Again!

“Another Fine Long Beach Day” Featured in New Issue of Mad Swirl Magazine

My 1,000-word story, "Another Fine Long Beach Day," has been published and is featured in the May 7, 2024 edition of Mad Swirl, a literary journal I've really come to enjoy, respect and recommend. I've previously written about another story of mine Mad Swirl published in February. There's also a Mad Swirl Scott C. Holstad …

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Scott C. Holstad’s TOP Subject Rankings in Open Library

I was surprised to learn I'm the #1 "Most Prolific Author" in 14+ diverse topics/categories in Open Library's 2 million titles. I wondered what they were. Here they are! (God, what does this say about me?)